Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-04
RELATIVE TO RAILROADS.
les Moines' scheme to Secure the
CIR. L. & p. Shops --Other Intellf-
gence Pertaining to the Great Rail-

| ltes M0ines' scheme to secure the
C,R.I.& p. Shops Other InteIli-
gence Pertaining to the Great Rail-
roads.
From the Des Moines Capital the fol-
lowing idea of the effort Of the city of
Des Moines to secure the location of
the new c.. R. 1. & P shops is obtain
tanned. 1t shows that the capital city of
| Iowa is determined TO omit no effort to
obtain this acquisition to its industries,
and also serves warning to the people
Of Rock Island to keep their eyes open.
Rock Island has as good a chance of
getting those shops as any other city and
perhaps better:
board of supervisors on the question of
the assessment and collection of back
taxes upon the lands owned bv the Rock
Island and other railroads in the city.
The matter is now in the hands of a
committee appointed by the board to
examine further into the matter and
report. The committee have invests
gated the matter thoroughly and will
submit their report next Monday after
noon. The report in substance finds
| that there are great many pieces of
land which have escaped taxation for
some years. but says that the railroads
have or will pay taxes on all property
which is at all remuneratiye, on which
there is situated any building which they
can rent, ard the report will further say
that the Rock Island company have
agreed, within period of one year. to
erect their extensive shops upon the
property along the track on the east side,
and the committee concludes by recon-
mendIpg that the matter be allow
ed to rest as 1t is, and that the
property which does not return any
profit be not taxed this year if the com.
pany builds its shops inside of a year.
Should the report of the committee be
concurred in, as there is every reason to
believe, there is practically no remaining
doubt but that the Rock Island will,
with the opening of spring, at once com.
mence the erection of very extensive
raj way shops in this city. Judging
from the utterances Of those nearest to
the management Of the road, the com
pany have had such move in contem-
plation for some time, the only obstacle
in the way being the satisfactory adjudi
cation of the pending question of taxa
ton The location of the shops now
assured means an addition to the perma.
nent and productive population of the
city of several thousand inhabitants and
all the consequent general advantages
: occurring from suth growth.
TRACK TALK.
r Freight engine 80, of the Rock Island
: aud Brooklyn division of the c.. R.
& P, is in the shops temporarily for re
! pairs. and Engineer Smith and Fireman
Means are having little rest.
t Something in regard to the enormou.
interests the A T & s F. railway com
5 pauv have in the extension of their linei
] in the east end in tae west is shown in
e recent orders they have given for new
g rolling stock They have ordered to be
Z completed before December 81, of this
year las locomotives, 145 passenge
5 cars, 20 cabooses and $500 freight car
e OF all kinds This does not include
, sleepers, dining and other cars to b
t ordered hereafter.
D There was fled in the circuit clerk
/ Office this morning, the bylaws Of tn
j Chicago Kansas & Western and the Chi
a cago Santa Fe & California railwa
I companies. and the deed and resolution
a transferring the Chicago & St. Loui
e Railway companys franchise TO the Chi
=. cago. Santa Fe i California Railws
a company. The property in question
o lot decrlbed il the instruments